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Amputee alum starts non-profit org.

By Carolyn Kylstra | July 4, 2006

An improvised explosive device hidden in an olive oil can cost Jonathan Kuniholm '93 his right arm on New Year's Day of 2005 just south of Haditha, Iraq, but the Dartmouth alumnus has made the most of his misfortune by aiding other amputees with his non-profit organization Open Prosthetics Project. OPP is an organization that puts its research on prosthetic hardware designs on the internet and allows the public -- both individuals and companies -- to access the information free of charge.

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Greener to-go boxes debut at Food Court

By Kelsey Blodget | July 4, 2006

Lauren Wool / The Dartmouth Staff In an effort to reduce the garbage generated by Dartmouth students, currently 560 pounds per person per year, the Sustainable Dining Committee has introduced biodegradable cardboard take-out boxes at Food Court. Jim Merkel, the College's recently hired Sustainability Director and a member of the Sustainable Dining Committee formed in May, said the boxes are a trial measure that could become permanent this September, depending on student feedback. The boxes are receiving mixed reviews from students. "I'm all for sustainability, but it's harder for us," Meredith Druss '08 said.

From left, Kate Labrum '08, house dog Sam, Haley Morris '08, and Alyson Guillet '08 relax on the porch of their off-campus house at 8 School Street.
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Social life shifts off-campus for summer

By Dan Duray | July 4, 2006

Nova Robinson / The Dartmouth Senior Staff It's no surprise that off-campus housing, with its potential for barbecues with close friends and the occasional pool party, is traditionally more popular over the summer than during the normal school year.

SEAD mentees listen to brothers of Phi Delta Alpha fraternity ruminate on college life at a barbecue sponsored by the fraternity on Monday.
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SEAD program kicks off sixth year

By Elise Waxenberg | July 4, 2006

Nova Robinson / The Dartmouth Senior Staff When Mark Wilson '09 first came to Hanover for a summer enrichment program after his freshman year of high school, he didn't even know what the Ivy League was. Wilson's south Philadelphia high school was in turmoil when he was recruited for Summer Enrichment at Dartmouth, a program that brings 30 students from under-resourced high schools to Hanover for two to three weeks of summer classes, mentoring and a taste of residential college life. At Wilson's 1400-student public school, only 45 percent of his class graduated and about 30 students went on to any kind of college.

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Visa laws force some to forego summer term

By Stuart A. Reid | June 29, 2006

In the face of recently enforced immigration regulations that make it difficult to stay at Dartmouth legally during sophomore summer, only 38 percent of sophomore international students are on campus this term, according to the Dean of the College Office, often after rearranging their Dartmouth Plans and risking canceled visas. In 2005, the U.S.

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Alumni battle in national spotlight

By Benjamin Taylor | June 29, 2006

The College's internal disputes over the alumni governance task force's proposed constitution exploded onto the national stage last week, when both The New York Times and the Boston Globe published articles on the rancor surrounding the issue.

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Daily Debriefing

By Hannah Plotkin | June 29, 2006

David Blanchflower, the Bruce V. Rauner professor of economics at the College, will be making frequent trips across the pond to carry out his new role as an external member of the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee.

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Brother and sister tackle Darfur crisis

By Stuart A. Reid | June 27, 2006

Back from Sudan, brother and sister Brian Steidle and Gretchen Steidle Wallace Tu'01 reported on the crisis in the Darfur region and promoted volunteerism Friday as part of the Tucker Foundation's Sophomore Summer Opening Address.

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Daily Debriefing

By Compiled by Benjamin Taylor | June 27, 2006

As if watching one's team make a quick exit from the World Cup isn't depressing enough, it may be investors, rather than fans, who bear the brunt of the damage, according to a study by Professors Diego Garcia of the Tuck School of Business, Alex Edmans of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Oyvind Norli of the Norwegian School of Management.

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Engineering course enrolls over 300

By AJ Fox | June 27, 2006

The first time engineering professor Ronald Lasky taught the Engineering 3 course "Materials: The Substance of Civilization," he struggled to find more than 20 students willing to enroll.

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Woon resigns as head of pluralism office

By Gus Lûbin | June 27, 2006

Courtesy of Tommy Lee Woon Tommy Lee Woon, the first associate dean of the Office of Pluralism and Leadership, announced Monday that he will leave his current position to become Dean of Multicultural Affairs at Macalester College in Minnesota, citing family considerations. Woon told The Dartmouth that his decision centered on his wife's difficulties in finding a job in the Hanover area, saying that it would be easier for her to find work in an urban setting. College administrators expressed their commitment to replacing Woon, who will depart in mid-August, and to maintaining the once-controversial office, which "aims to universalize diversity and leadership development," according to the OPAL website. "We might not launch the search [for a replacement] right now but there should be absolutely no concern on anyone's part that this work will not continue," Dean of Student Life Holly Sateia said. The creation of OPAL and Woon's deanship during a financial crunch in 2003 was criticized by some alumni and The Dartmouth Review as a waste of resources.

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AD search yields no sought-after evidence

Hanover Police returned nearly all materials removed from Alpha Delta fraternity in a June 8 search of the physical plant without having found the sexually explicit video they were looking for. The fraternity's alumni advisor John Engelman said that Hanover Police Captain Frank Moran returned all confiscated materials to him except for a computer that was still being examined, and that Moran told him that police found nothing related to the case. "I suspect that they may have in the intervening week looked at the files on the computer and I'm absolutely confident that they will not find anything that's related to the investigation," Engelman said. Hanover Police Chief Nicholas Giaccone would not comment last week on anything related to the ongoing investigation, which began in the fall of 2004, and would not verify whether any police officers spoke with Engelman about the outcome of the search.

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Wiesel gives Commencement address

By Hannah Plotkin | June 22, 2006

Members of the Class of 2006 joined their families and friends on June 11 to formally conclude their undergraduate experiences at Commencement ceremonies, where the College awarded 1,029 degrees in front of a crowd that filled nearly the entire Green. Nobel Peace Prize winner Elie Wiesel delivered the ceremony's keynote address.

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Courtyard Cafe cook cuts album

By Joanna Patterson | June 22, 2006

With the release of his second rap album at the end of last month, Dartmouth Dining Services employee Lerrone Hill, known by many on campus as Lerrone, is finding time to balance his work and his artistic passions. An employee of The Courtyard Cafe in the Hopkins Center for the past five years, Hill was drawn to the job by all the benefits the Hop had to offer. "It was the perfect choice for me.

Seeking to raise national awareness regarding environmentally sustainable fuel, the Big Green Bus undertook its third annual cross-country tour.
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Big Green Bus kicks off cross-country journey

By AJ Fox | June 22, 2006

Jennie Post / The Dartmouth Staff The Big Green Bus, powered by vegetable oil and designed and operated by Dartmouth students, set off on a cross-country trip days after the end of the Spring term.

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